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Author | : Charles L. Venable |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2000-03 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
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Download China and Glass in America, 1880-1980 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The rich colors of Frederick Rhead's Fiesta or the translucent beauty of Waterford crystal, Russel Wright's American Modern or Haviland's White House service of 1879 -- the right tableware adds personality to a celebration. But beyond their appeal to all who want to entertain in style, and their value as collectibles, china and glass wares mirror the profound cultural and economic shifts in twentieth-century America and provide a unique vantage point from which to view our society.
Author | : Andrew Bolton |
Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2015-05-04 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0300211120 |
Download China Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
For centuries China has fueled the creative imagination and inspired fashion. This stunning publication explores the influence of Chinese art, film, and aesthetics on international fashion designers, including Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen, and Yves Saint Laurent.
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Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 818 |
Release | : 2021-02-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9811229783 |
Download Development History Of Ancient Chinese Glass Technology Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Worldwide research on ancient glass began in the early 20th century. A consensus has been reached in the community of Archaeology that the first manmade or synthetic glasses, based on archaeological findings, originated in the Middle East during the 5000-3000's BC. By contrast, the manufacturing technology of pottery and ceramics were well developed in ancient China. The earliest pottery and ceramics dates back to the Shang Dynasty - the Zhou Dynasty (1700 BC-770 BC), while the earliest ancient glass artifacts unearthed in China dates back to the Western Han Dynasty. Utilizing the state-of-the art analytical and spectroscopic methods, the recent findings demonstrate that China had already developed its own glassmaking technology at latest since 200 BC. There are two schools of viewpoint on the origin of ancient Chinese glass. The more common one believes that ancient Chinese glass originated from the import of glassmaking technology from the West as a result of Sino-West trade exchanges in the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-25 AD). The other scientifically demonstrates that homemade ancient Chinese glass with unique domestic formula containing both PbO and BaO were made as early as in the Pre-Qin Period or even the Warring States Period (770 BC-221 BC), known as Yousha or Faience.This English version of the previously published Chinese book entitled Development History of Ancient Chinese Glass Technology is for universities and research institutes where various research and educational activities of ancient glass and history are conducted. With 18 chapters, the scope of this book covers very detailed information on scientifically based findings of ancient Chinese glass development and imports and influence of foreign glass products as well as influence of the foreign glass manufacturing processes through the trade exchanges along the Silk Road(s).
Author | : Caroline Clifton-Mogg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : House & Home |
ISBN | : 9780821228777 |
Download Decorating with China and Glass Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
More than three hundred full-color photographs complement an illuminating handbook that explains how to choose, collect, and care for practical and decorative pieces of both old and new china and glass.
Author | : Paul French |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2009-05-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9622099823 |
Download Through the Looking Glass Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The convulsive history of foreign journalists in China starts with newspapers printed in the European factories of Canton in the 1820s. It also starts with a duel between two editors over the future of China and ends with a fistfight in Shanghai over therevolution. This book tells the story of China's foreign journalists.
Author | : Emily Byrne Curtis |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
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Download The Glass of China Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Long considered a minor art by some authorities on the Middle Kingdom, Chinese glass has often been relegated in its importance. Until recently, lack of sufficient documentation deterred most scholars from tackling the subject. This volume makes clear some of the basic facts surrounding its development.
Author | : Pamela Kaye |
Publisher | : Abbott Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2012-08-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1458205428 |
Download Broken Glass Behind the China Cabinet Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Pamela Kayes mother, Anneliese, was seventeen years old when she left Germany, the Fatherland, the only place she had ever known, in 1956. She was anxious for the chance to reinvent herself in the United States after World War II had devastated her country. In this memoir, she tells of her journey to America and how she discovered the truth about her Russian-Jewish heritage. Broken Glass behind the China Cabinet narrates how she began her new life in the United States as a paid servant for a family in Kansas City, Missouri; how she struggled as a young immigrant girl to find her place in this new world; and how she became a citizen in 1961. She shares the story of the people who impacted her journey and how she accidentally discovered the real story about who she is. Based on the diary of Anneliese, Broken Glass behind the China Cabinet shares a story of perseverance and communicates how one womans look into the past impacted her future.
Author | : Emily Byrne Curtis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016-11-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781138254084 |
Download Glass Exchange Between Europe and China, 1550 1800 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this study, Emily Byrne Curtis explores as her subject lenses, spectacles, aventurine glass, and windows found in China from the sixteenth century. She traces their technological development back to the glassworks in Murano, Venice, and explores their significance in terms of Venice's commerce with China. Because glassware also figured among the gifts which three papal legates from the Vatican presented to the Kangxi and Yongzheng emperors, the author examines many documents from the archives in Rome and the Vatican; the study therefore touches, to an extent, on the history of the Catholic Church in China. Curtis also discusses in the volume some contemporary Chinese references and verses to European glassware, and in the case of enamel materials, she discloses the pronounced effect their use had upon the decor of Chinese porcelains.
Author | : Michael E. O'Hanlon |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 75 |
Release | : 2017-05-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0815731302 |
Download A Glass Half Full? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
" How to stabilize the security relationship between Washington and Beijing. The U.S.-China relationship has not always been smooth, but since Richard Nixon's opening in the early 1970s, the two countries have evolved a relationship that has been generally beneficial to both parties. Economic engagement and a diplomatic partnership together with robust trade and investment relations, among other activities, have meant a peaceful context for reform and China's rise, helping to lift millions of Chinese out of poverty and giving the PRC incentive to work within the U.S.-led global order. The logic of the relationship, however, is now open to serious debate on both sides of the Pacific. After a period of American preoccupation with the Middle East, President Obama attempted a rebalancing of U.S. interests toward the Asia-Pacific region. With the Trump administration in office, the U.S.-China relationship appears to be at a crossroads: does it continue to focus on constructive engagement and managing differences, or prepare for a new era of rivalry and conflict? Here, following up on their 2014 book, Strategic Reassurance and Resolve, the authors provide a more balanced assessment of the current state of relations and suggest measures that could help stabilize the security relationship, without minimizing the very real problems that both Beijing and Washington must address. The authors are hopeful, but are also under no illusions about the significance of the challenges now posed to the bilateral relationship, as well as regional order, by the rise of China and the responses of America together with its allies. "
Author | : Paul Midler |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2010-12-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1118004205 |
Download Poorly Made in China Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An insider reveals what can—and does—go wrong when companies shift production to China In this entertaining behind-the-scenes account, Paul Midler tells us all that is wrong with our effort to shift manufacturing to China. Now updated and expanded, Poorly Made in China reveals industry secrets, including the dangerous practice of quality fade—the deliberate and secret habit of Chinese manufacturers to widen profit margins through the reduction of quality inputs. U.S. importers don’t stand a chance, Midler explains, against savvy Chinese suppliers who feel they have little to lose by placing consumer safety at risk for the sake of greater profit. This is a lively and impassioned personal account, a collection of true stories, told by an American who has worked in the country for close to two decades. Poorly Made in China touches on a number of issues that affect us all.